Eremaeozetes irenae Schatz 2001

Eremaeozetes irenae Schatz, 2001

Distribution: Ecuador.

Records in Ecuador: Galápagos.

Habitat: Isla Pinta: southern part of the island, arid zone, open Opuntia galapageia forest, in dry cactus litter and humus; Bursera graveolens and Croton scouleri forest, in dry leaf litter and humus under Darwiniothamnus tenuifolius; pampa, in dry grass and leaf litter with twigs, near eastern crater, upper arid zone, in dry leaf litter under Macraea laricifolia. Isla Pinzon, arid zone: western part of Central Valley, open Croton forest, in moist organic litter and humus under Lantana peduncularis; southern crater rim of main caldera, Scalesia incisa shrubs, in moist leaf litter and wood under rock; southern slope of the island, open Croton forest with Acacia macracantha and Prosopis julifiora, in moist leaf litter with humus under Alternanthera echinocephala and Commelina diffusa. Isla Isabela, Volcano Sierra Negra, arid zone: 2 km north of Puerto Villamil, in moist decayed leaf litter under Prosopis juliflora; 1 km west of Puerto Villamil, near “muro de las lagrimas”, in moist, decayed log under Croton scouleri, among Heliotropium angiospermum; near Quinta Playa west of Puerto Villamil, 20 m, in moist, partially decayed leaf litter under Scalesia cordata and Pisonia floribunda. Isla Santa Cruz, near Charles Darwin Research Station, at “barranca” near station area, arid zone, dry leaf litter.

References: Schatz (2001): 476-484.